Episode 1 | My Year with the Tribe

Duration: 58'58''

Synopsis

Writer Will Millard visits the treehouse-dwelling Korowai tribe in Papua, Indonesia, to try and understand the pressures they face as they move into the modern world.

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More clips from My Year with the Tribe

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'45''

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'59''

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'45''

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'59''

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'45''

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'59''

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 2 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'45''

Will Millard returns to the treehouse-dwelling Korowai to spend time with two old men living in the forest, but is shocked by what he sees...

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

Episode 3 | My Year with the Tribe

BBC Two | 2018 | 58'59''

Will returns to Korowai to try and find August and his family, but relations break down and he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous ...

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